Two Popular Muslim Scholars Fight Each Other Live on Air Over Islmaic Religious Law (Video)

It was a free-for-all fight as two Muslim scholars fought each other on live television over controversial Islamic religious law.

Viewers were taken aback when a brawl erupted on Egyptian television after two guests battled over Islamic religious law. According to reports, they physically attacked each other with a studio chair and shoe.

The brawl which aired on Egypt’s LTC TV was fueled by the men disagreeing over the use of headscarves. Sheikh Mustafa Rashed, a Muslim legal expert known for his lax rulings on religious matters, ticked off Egyptian lawyer Nabih Al-Wahsh.

Video shows the two men rising from their chairs after the string of verbal attacks.

Rashed hurled a studio chair at Al-Wahsh’s head, while Al-Wahsh removed a shoe, and struck Rashed repeatedly. Cameramen rushed to the set to separate the two men, whose argument had broken a glass table and trashed the set.

“I did not see this coming. I’ve been working in media for over 20 years, and I’ve never seen a dialogue between two guests deteriorate to the point of physical violence,..” the show’s host Mohamed Al-Ghiety said.